--- product_id: 58368806 title: "The Catholic Church and Conversion" price: "€ 22.36" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/58368806-the-catholic-church-and-conversion store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # The Catholic Church and Conversion **Price:** € 22.36 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Catholic Church and Conversion - **How much does it cost?** € 22.36 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/58368806-the-catholic-church-and-conversion) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this book, Chesterton's brilliance as a writer and thinker again shine through as he explains his understanding of Catholicism and the Catholic Church and how its appeal to reason and truth eventually won him over. For Chesterton, two essentials lay at the heart of conversion, and without these, a man misses the point of it all. He describes these in his own words: "One is that he believes it to be solid objective truth, which is true whether he likes it or not; and the other is that he seeks liberation from his sins." That is why Chesterton became a Catholic, and what he describes in his unique and colorful way in this book. Review: Exciting Book with a Dull Title - Like Orthodoxy, which is arguably Chesterton's best non-fiction book, this is an exciting book with a dull title. Orthodoxy, however, had a somewhat better subtitle: "The Romance of Faith". In his 1936 autobiography, Chesterton admitted that he thought Orthodoxy was a bad title and had always meant to change it but never got around to it. He makes no such comments on this book. Until now, the only way to get this book was in Collected Works Volume III which collects the so-called and little-known "Catholic" books written after his conversion in 1922. Most have better titles like The Thing, The Well and The Shadows and Where All Roads Lead, but this is the book that knocked me out. I found out about these books through The Apostle of Common Sense, a book and video series that ran on EWTN by Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chesterton Society. He briefly describes thirteen of G.K.'s non-fiction works (and the Father Brown detective series), and quotes from them. That last was the clencher, as this book seemed overflowing with bon mots and Chestertonian whimsey. Who but GK would list these as the three stages of conversion: 1. Patronizing the Church; 2. Discovering the Church; 3. Running Away from the Church? GK said of his brother Cecil that "we often argued but never quarreled". Like much of GK, this book may provoke some lively arguments. But it's not simply for those interested in Rome and conversion, title to the contrary. What Ignatius has done is given us a quick read (under 150 pages) at a great price (under ten bucks) of some nearly unknown Chesterton. And when GK enters the ring, it's certain to enliven any philosophical discussion. Review: Chesterton's The Catholic Church and Conversion - This old book is still appropriate for today's world and the attacks ongoing against the Church. Very insightful, as are most of Chesterton's writings. It was also able to bring to my attention the story of Nurse Edith Cavell who was murdered by the Germans during World War I. Not an easy read, but well worth the effort. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #127,200 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #435 in Christian Apologetics (Books) #1,030 in Catholicism (Books) #9,958 in Christian Living (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 158 Reviews | ## Images ![The Catholic Church and Conversion - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614hpBJ-SAL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exciting Book with a Dull Title *by G***N on October 13, 2006* Like Orthodoxy, which is arguably Chesterton's best non-fiction book, this is an exciting book with a dull title. Orthodoxy, however, had a somewhat better subtitle: "The Romance of Faith". In his 1936 autobiography, Chesterton admitted that he thought Orthodoxy was a bad title and had always meant to change it but never got around to it. He makes no such comments on this book. Until now, the only way to get this book was in Collected Works Volume III which collects the so-called and little-known "Catholic" books written after his conversion in 1922. Most have better titles like The Thing, The Well and The Shadows and Where All Roads Lead, but this is the book that knocked me out. I found out about these books through The Apostle of Common Sense, a book and video series that ran on EWTN by Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chesterton Society. He briefly describes thirteen of G.K.'s non-fiction works (and the Father Brown detective series), and quotes from them. That last was the clencher, as this book seemed overflowing with bon mots and Chestertonian whimsey. Who but GK would list these as the three stages of conversion: 1. Patronizing the Church; 2. Discovering the Church; 3. Running Away from the Church? GK said of his brother Cecil that "we often argued but never quarreled". Like much of GK, this book may provoke some lively arguments. But it's not simply for those interested in Rome and conversion, title to the contrary. What Ignatius has done is given us a quick read (under 150 pages) at a great price (under ten bucks) of some nearly unknown Chesterton. And when GK enters the ring, it's certain to enliven any philosophical discussion. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chesterton's The Catholic Church and Conversion *by A***N on September 7, 2012* This old book is still appropriate for today's world and the attacks ongoing against the Church. Very insightful, as are most of Chesterton's writings. It was also able to bring to my attention the story of Nurse Edith Cavell who was murdered by the Germans during World War I. Not an easy read, but well worth the effort. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Answer to the Question of why I am a Catholic *by T***E on May 28, 2013* I have had a sense that I live under a different world view as a cradle Catholic; the outside world that G K Chesterton call topsy turvy looking in. The issues of abortion, same sex marriage and the HHS Mandate peel like thunder to me because of my Catholic outlook. When I did sense my Catholic outrage on the outside world I would cower because I did not want to be labeled a bigot or narrow minded Having read this book I now believe that our Catholic world view is universal and open minded. Chesterton talks of the Catholic Church's universality and the Church militant. He speaks of how, because of the Protestant revolt, how their objections to us are not really the objections that actually exist. Protestantism to him has aspects of Catholic teaching over emphasized on one end over the other. To him we are all Catholic because we as a Catholic Church embrace both sides of the issue. The Church is not a small restricted sect. When we leave a sect we can breath and see that the Catholic view is a breath of fresh air. He speaks of the process that a convert will go through to come to this conclusion from his own conversion experience. He speaks to me because that process is just as applicable for this cradle Catholic as he journeys onto his next step in his spiritual life. He gives me words as to why I am a Roman Catholic. I highly recommend this book. I also recommend one reads Heretics and Orthodoxy before reading this book. I also read his short essay "Upon This Rock" before I read this book. Again, there is an issue in formatting in this version. Sentences do not complete on the same line and leave a blank space jumping to the next line. There is a "T" missing in the word the in one of the pages. 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